Making Nottingham Child Friendly
What is a child friendly city?
Badges and Priorities
UNICEF UK Child Friendly Cities & Communities programme, themes or priorities are represented as badges.
How will you know that we have achieved what we set out to do?
Our top priority is to listen to children and young people and what they say about the actions we are taking.
Child Friendly Nottingham Action Plan - Easy Read
Nottingham City Council, UNICEF UK and lots of local partner organisations are working together to make Nottingham a child friendly place
1. A Kind and Inclusive city
Nottingham is an inclusive and kind city where children and young people are celebrated, valued, respected, and listened to.
3. Children and young people can access support when they need it
Children and young people can find help from public agencies when they need to and feel confident to do so.
5. Children’s democracy
Children and young people are actively involved in local democracy.
7. Promote understanding of children’s rights
Our communications will promote and encourage understanding of children’s rights across Nottingham.
9. Child friendly city centre
Nottingham city centre is a child friendly place which makes children and young people feel welcome, engaged, and safe.
11. Mental health and wellbeing solutions
Children and young people are aware of available mental health and wellbeing support and are able to access local services.
Local Health and Care Organisations, children and young people work closely together to identify gaps in mental health and wellbeing support; collaboration and co-design enables children and young people in Nottingham to suggest solutions for these gaps.
13. Understand health needs and support healthier lives
Nottingham will have a better understanding of children and young people’s health needs and preventative health improvement initiatives will support children and young people to live healthier lives.
15. Learning and flourishing
Children and young people feel confident to create and access learning, skills, and training opportunities within the city; they feel enabled to learn new things, flourish and be guided and supported by trusted adults.
2. Children’s rights at work
Nottingham Councillors, leaders and staff across partner agencies confidently and consistently apply a child rights-based approach in their work.
4. Children’s decision making
Children and young people are actively involved in local decision making.
6. Communicate clearly with children and young people
Our communications are clear, understandable, and responsive to the views of children and young people. A positive view of children and young people is widely held and promoted across Nottingham.
8. Confident and safe in communities
Children and young people
feel confident and safe in their communities, such as in the park, neighbourhoods and on the way to and from school.
10. Children feel safe and are safe online
Children and young people to feel safer online, understand how to manage the risks and can recognise how changing technologies might impact on them.
12. Support good mental health
Timely support for children and young people with identified mental health needs and preventative action to maintain good mental wellbeing.
14. Celebrating culture and diversity
Children and young people are enabled to use their imagination and creativity to celebrate diversity and their cultural heritage.
16. Active learners and champions for children and young people’s voices
Children and young people will be empowered to be active learners and champions for all children and young people’s voices.